Notes About Health

In the unfortunate event of a sports injury, immediate care is usually required. This can occasionally force a compromise to be made: you must either wait to see a highly acclaimed physician, or sacrifice care in efforts to be seen quickly. At the Emory Sports Medicine Center this compromise has been eliminated. Emory staff delivers world-class care and procedures and can get you back to enjoying your favorite sports faster than ever.

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Osteopathic medicine is a kind of medicinal practice in which the entire body is taken into consideration instead of looking at symptoms separately. This type of medicine is very “in” right now, especially for those who suffer from pain in their muscles and joints. A lot of people believe that an osteopath is your best option when you suffer from neck pain. Obviously, if this is your first visit to an osteopath, you are probably nervous, but you can relax. Here is what you can expect to experience when you treat neck pain with an osteopath:

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We have all experienced it: we go to the doctor with back complaints, she diagnoses the problem, gives us some medical advice on what activities to avoid, along with a prescription for painkillers. We take the painkillers, follow the advice, and after some time the problem disappears. Or so we think. Two months later, our back gives way again as we attempt to lift some heavy luggage, and are forced to launch ourselves in the vicious doctor-drugs-advice cycle all over again.

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